St George’s Performing Arts Centre

2024 World Interior News (WIN) Awards: Publicly Accessible Interiors (Historic) – Bronze
2024 National Architecture Awards: Heritage Architecture – Commendation
2024 Victorian Architecture Awards: John George Knight Award for Heritage – Winner
2024 Learning Environments Australasia Design Awards: Large Modernisation – Winner
2024 Port Phillip Council Design & Development Awards: Jury Award for Heritage – Commendation
2024 Port Phillip Council Design & Development Awards: Non-Residential – Commendation
2023 Learning Environments Australasia Victorian Chapter Awards: Large Modernisation – Winner
2023 Master Builders Victoria Construction Awards: Commercial Buildings $10-$15 Million – Winner

 

The St George’s Performing Arts Centre is the result of the adaptive reuse of the heritage-listed St George’s Uniting Church in St Kilda, Victoria. Originally designed by architect Albert Purchas and completed in 1880, the church was purchased by St Michael’s Grammar School in 2014 to serve as an auditorium, albeit with severe functional limitations—the space was poorly ventilated and lit, while the church interior, designed for sermons and choirs, was ill-suited to the acoustic and spatial needs of modern productions. 

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